Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Flagship

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 by 64% on AnTuTu v11 (37.89 Lakhs vs 23.14 Lakhs) and is 78% faster in Geekbench single-core and 69% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4.

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads

44% higher peak CPU clock

4.61 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Smaller process node

3 nm vs 4 nm
57% more GPU compute power

3686 GFLOPS vs 2355 GFLOPS
10% faster RAM

5300 MHz vs 4800 MHz
64% higher AnTuTu v11 score

37.89 Lakhs vs 23.14 Lakhs
69% faster in Geekbench multi-core

10,983 vs 6,511
78% faster in Geekbench single-core

3,690 vs 2,073

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+64% faster

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 37,89,020

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 23,14,089

Geekbench Single-Core

+78% faster

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3,690

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 2,073

Geekbench Multi-Core

+69% faster

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 10,983

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 6,511

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Overview

Launch Date: September 2025; Apirl 2025
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Qualcomm
Model Number: SM8850; SM8735

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 2 x 4.61 GHz (3rd-gen Oryon cores)
6 x 3.63 GHz (3rd-gen Oryon cores); 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720
Max Frequency: 4610 MHz; 3200 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9.2-A
Process Node: 3 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 12 MB; 6 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; 8 MB

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 840; Adreno 825
GPU Frequency: 1200 MHz; 1150 MHz
Shading Units: 512; 512
FLOPS: 3686 GFLOPS; 2355 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; Yes
NPU: Hexagon NPU; Hexagon NPU
API Support: Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5X
RAM Frequency: 5300 MHz; 4800 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 84.8 GB/s; 76.8 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 24 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.1; UFS 4.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320 MP; 320 MP
Video Capture: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 4K at 60 FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; WQHD+
Video Playback: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 8K at 60 FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, AV1; H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC, LDAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X85; Snapdragon X75 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 12.5 Gbps; 4.2 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.7 Gbps; 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 7
Bluetooth: 6.0; 6.0
Navigation: NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS; QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS